Vintage Classics Persuasion

Persuasion is Jane Austen’s final novel, in which eight years after Anne Elliot bowed to societal pressure and declined to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth, circumstances bring him back into her social circle. As they reacquaint themselves, Wentworth acts as if they are strangers and seems more drawn to Anne’s friend Louisa, testing the endurance of a love shaped by time, class, and expectation. With humour, insight and tenderness, Austen explores how love survives the pressures of family, society and reputation. This edition features an introduction by Lynne Truss and is presented in the Vintage Classics Austen Series, celebrated for its accessible design and critical essays.

• Persuasion, Jane Austen’s final novel
• Anne Elliot and Wentworth’s renewed attraction
• Introduction by Lynne Truss
• Vintage Classics Austen Series edition
• 320 pages, paperback edition
• Published by Ballantine Books (2014)